I just don't see an ethical dimension to this question anymore, beyond the spending of tax dollars. I don't think they were being exploited when they couldn't get paid and I don't think it's unfair for them to get tons of perks.
If it's privately raised money, who cares? Let them get paid their marginal value product like every other worker. If they're just majoring in their sport, then beyond general ed requirements, they probably aren't even taking the classes that tuition would go towards.
Do you ever look at the leaderboard and try to guess all the hiding stackers in the top ten? Pretty confident I know who they all are but unsure of the order.
I was going to do a post about it but I already kicked the hornets nest once this week with the territory rent post.
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Other than being sure that siggy's one of them, I haven't given much thought to who the other cowards are.
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Who do you think the other top four are?
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Haha I thought you weren't giving a second thought to the cowards.
3 of them are not eligible. That would be k00b, KR and ek. The other is davidw and of course siggy. I know it's david because last week he wasn't hiding and I commented about him rising to the top 3 or 4 and then the next day he was hidden so I imagine he is still there.
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Yeah, I remember davidw being up there, but I hadn't noticed that he went into hiding.
As for the others, I assumed they weren't on the leader board at all. That's why I had no idea who it was: they were the only people who came to mind.
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They are there but they aren't eligible. KR made reference to that fact in saloon.
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Good detective work. So, that means the race is really against siggy and davidw. I'm feeling better about the prize. I had been thinking I would lose more than I'd gain.
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I would guess Siggy will win. I think he is probably second after k00b right now.
On second thought maybe ek isn't up that high. He hasn't been posting a lot lately. That might the SN account that runs the memes and fact contests.
So abolish gov funding it is. I can dig it.
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